Cigar and cigarette box.



AMENDEL'SON 'z S. J. GOLDZBBRG.

OMAR ANDKCIGARBTTB BOX. APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1013.

LS. Patented Junq23,1914.

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Specification ot Letters Patent.

letented June 233, 19M@ To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it' known that Ate. Anon 'MnnonLsox V citizens 'of die United Sintes, :ind rbesid nts oi thev city of New York. 'borough of Brooklyn', in the county of Kings-ind Stute ot New York, here. invented gi new ond improved Cigar and' Cioni-ette Box of which the 'followinw' TJ 7 x .b

is n fidi, clear, and tex-octdescription.

This invention relates to c 'end eige-A rette boxes :ind more espe l'iy to n box comp-rising cooperating sectioi Venibodyii'ig n bottoni section nud iitopsc.. on hinged thereto,. and the invention coinprehends :in

improved ineens for supporting. cigars or cigarettesiii spaced relation to each other, whereby' they may be 'rer lily' grasped when the box is opened iind'w-ill coinpnctly tit within the 4box to occupyii minimiiin space when the box is closed.

Furthermore, iin object ot the invention is to provide n box of the nature described with improved supporting' nie-zins forl ther ject the cigarettes beyond the box sections when .the latter are open. Nitlli' theI above and other objects in View, the invention resides more particularly in the peculiar combination and arrangement of parts` which will be illustrated :is n p reerred embodiment in the accompanying drawings and described in the specification..

Reference isto be had to the accompany ing drawings orininga part of this specri-A cation, in which snniinr characters ofref eence indicate corresponilnig tlie views, and in whichm Fiviire i. is n. pleiiView-of rettes contained therein;

As shown in the driiwings, our iin-proved cigsirette box in its preferred construction comprises on upper section l() and e bottom Isection ll. the seine being` preferably formed from n si sie blank' wliioli,.by reason of iin intermediite portion 12, results in the secwe in ell" an. improved, box with the,sect-ionsfopenandlwitli tlie`eigj.=' arettes moiintedtherein.; Qfis along-ir. tudinal sectional View teken ontlie line QTQ of Fig.` l; and Fig, 3 is a cross sectionzil View'. of they box inclosed position Withthe cigni-f.

i tioiis being pii'oted or hinged together. The sections l0 and ll-r'are provided with side portions 1.8 and end portions 1l which may be `formed as extensionsof the blank or otherwise shaped, whereby the top section will telescope with and/inclose the bottom. section in the manner shown in Fig. 3 of tlie-drawings. The-intermediate portion 12 shown :it l5, to permit the sections to 'freely open and close due to the elasticity or iiexibility thereof. l

In order to support the cigarettes i6 within the box sections, e Supporting strip or` section 17 is pivoted or hinged, iis' shownst 1S,

ner wall ot each 'section adjacent to the interinediate portion 12, and such supporting sections or strips terminate otspiiced points froin'tlie ends 14 of the box sections. .At their ends, the sections 1'7 are' connected to the inner walls of. the box sections as byineans of :i foldable or bellowslike attach- 'ing part 19, which permit the supporting sections to be normally distended by means oi' V-slmped springs 20 inserted und held between tlie box sections and the supporting sections. a By this-means the cigarettes 16, which are held in a=.pliiiility of spaced loops 21, areheld in sixfioedV relation by euch sup porting` section 'niid'in staggered relation with regzird to opposed supporting sections, so as to inter-fit and be snugly received, as shown in Figg of the drawings. loops 21. are :formed from single strips `22 to the ends'lof the supporting sections, 'as shown `at 23, and looped .at spaced points "throughlongitudinally' spaced Vertical slots Qlin ,tliesupporting' sections, thus permitting the cigarettes to overlie the slots. Also,

Siipporting sections, 'the loops are held periniinently vfindvprevented Jfrom increasing or nient. ofthe cigarettes.

Having thus described our invention, 'what we .claim as vnew :1nd desire .ters Patent .1j nntcigarette box-top and bottoni s'e'ctions, `zi' cigarette sectiony of sheet forni resilient ineens normally disteiiding tliesupporting sections outwzi'i'dly oi the first named sections, said supportingl sections hating spaced vertical slots therethrough lociited in is zilso'creased transversely ot tliefbox, as

,iis by ineens of an auxiliary strip to the in` These y of paper o'itftlie like, the saine being anchored l decieisin'g in size, thus preventingdisplicev to securefby liet- V pi \fotedto each of the first named sections,l

bysecuring the strips to the backs of the g tions', cigarette supporting sectlons carried staggered relation with respect to those of the opposed supporting section and a plurality of spaced holders carried by each supporting section and adapted to hold the 5 cigarettes in spaced relation, said holders embodying by the first named sections, collapsible zigzag'strips between the free ends ofthe supporting sections and the box sections, holders mounted in spaced relation on the supporting. sections whereby the cigarettes held therein will extend beyond the free ends of the supporting sections in'sp'aeed relation, and ,means between the box sections and the gli supporting sections adjacent the points of "pix\fotal connection thereof, adapted to hold thelcigarettes with their supporting sections simultaneously distended beyond the top and bottoprportions of the box with the collapsible strips distended.

3; The combination with a box comprising interfrtting sections hingedby an intermediate sectionj of a supporting strip hinged to each box section adjacent to the point of pivotal connection of said-sections, foldable connections between the free ends of the supporting strips and box sections to permit the sections to move into and out of the area of the box sections, Lsprings between'the strips and box sections tending to normally hold the said strips in the last named position, and spaced loops carriedpby each strip, said loops being formed ible strips .having portions projecting through the supporting strips, and adapted to hold the cigarettes in contact with the upper faces of the supporting strips to cause the cigarettes to totally overlie the intermediate portion when the box'is closed.

4. The combination with a box comprising interfitting sections hinged to an integral intermediate section; of su porting strips independently hinged to the iiox sections adjacent to said intermediate section, foldable connections between the free ends of ythe supporting strips and the box sections to permit the strips to move into and out of the area of the box sections springs between the supporting stri s and box sections tending to normally ho d the supporting strips in the last-named ositions, and spaced mountings carried by t e strips.

In testlmony whereof We have signed our names to thisv specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AARON MENDELSON. SHEPARD J. GOLDBERG.

Witnesses:

J. EDWIN BURcH, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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